The three religions agree on one basic fact:
Both women and men are created by God, The Creator of the whole universe. However,
disagreement starts soon after the creation of the first man, Adam, and the first woman,
Eve. The Judaeo-Christian conception of the creation of Adam and Eve is narrated in detail
in Genesis 2:4-3:24. God prohibited both of them from eating the fruits of the
forbidden tree. The serpent seduced Eve to eat from it and Eve, in turn, seduced Adam to
eat with her. When God rebuked Adam for what he did, he put all the blame on Eve, &quotThe
woman you put here with me --she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.";
Consequently, God said to Eve: "I will greatly increase your pains in
childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your
husband and he will rule over you." To Adam He said: "Because you
listened to your wife and ate from the tree .... Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life..."

The Islamic conception of the first creation is found in several places in
the Quran, for example:

"O Adam dwell with your wife in the Garden and enjoy
as you wish but approach not this tree or you run into harm and transgression. Then Satan
whispered to them in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them and he
said: 'Your Lord only forbade you this tree lest you become angels or such beings as live
forever.' And he swore to them both that he was their sincere adviser. So by deceit he
brought them to their fall: when they tasted the tree their shame became manifest to them
and they began to sew together the leaves of the Garden over their bodies. And their Lord
called unto them: 'Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you that Satan was your avowed
enemy?' They said: 'Our Lord we have wronged our own souls and if You forgive us not and
bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be lost' " (Quran 7:19:23).

A careful look into the two accounts of the story of the
Creation reveals some essential differences. The Quran, contrary to the Bible, places
equal blame on both Adam and Eve for their mistake. Nowhere in the Quran can one find even
the slightest hint that Eve tempted Adam to eat from the tree or even that she had eaten
before him. Eve in the Quran is no temptress, no seducer, and no deceiver. Moreover, Eve
is not to be blamed for the pains of childbearing. God, according to the Quran, punishes
no one for another's faults. Both Adam and Eve committed a sin and then asked God for
forgiveness and He forgave them both.